Lake Levels And Flow Plan

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Now they are saying they are going to open the gates " a little... ".

http://www.ky3.com/news/ky3-table-rock-lake-rises-more-than-15-feet-since-midnight-20130808,0,1232225.story

By the way - the town of Hollister below Branson got crushed with almost 12 feet of water. That town is really badly damaged. Many homes and numerous business affected.

A spot where I fish in the winter for trout in Turkey Creek looks like it came up near to 15 feet. Washed out the railroad tracks badly near the Water Treatment Plant.

Very sad.

[Terrierman]

With all the rain In Arkansas, I'll be surprised if gates stay closed.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I don't know about the upper, but the lower is chocolate. The feeders however, Bull, etc, are running pretty clear, but high. I would imagine that anyone fishing the lake would do well to stay close to the feeders.

[Phil Lilley]

5 gates opened at 4 pm. Lake level is 712 feet with 3 units and 5 gates. That's a little higher than if all 4 units were running.

Lake temp at the cable below the dam - 58 on north side and 71 on the south side. Temp was 49 before the gates were opened. Clint at the hatchery reported the DO is 4.97 ppm which isn't bad at all but of course the DO coming over the top is a lot higher than that. I got 61 degree most of the way down lake.

They hammered a white jig from the cable to outlet #1 but I had a hard time getting the jig to the bottom below that so I used a drift rig, 1/4 ounce weight, and a white shad fly and caught them all the way down to Trophy Run. Dropped an egg fly below it and caught one on it.

From Lookout down to the Narrows I caught a few but had a hard time hooking them. Stay in the middle of the lake.

From past experience, it's going to get REAL good on shad imitations below the dam in the coming days. Might see some really big trout caught.

[Brian K. Shaffer]

11:36pm Thursday - the guy inside said they are just gonna spill til it gets to power pool, then scale back.